// Stories From The City

Anvil play “the national fucking anthem of heavy metal” in NYC

Anvil, the finest 30-year old band that most of you have only recently heard
of produce a tear jerking moment then fokking destroy shit in an East Village
theater after the screening of their new documentary, Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
Introduced by the film’s director Sacha Gervasi as the “national fucking anthem
of heavy metal” the final song of Anvil’s set was none other than Metal on Metal.
For a full rundown on the evening’s unexpected events check out the gogoyoko
blog.

Shot on a dodgy mobile phone but edited with love by Stuart Rogers (aka Sebastian Bach)
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The Love Language soundcheck Lalita in Brooklyn’s Bell House

The Love Language rollick through their monstrously catchy single Lalita at The
Bell House in Brooklyn. The band has been getting a great deal of warranted
attention of late and their show in New York rounded out a month-long post-
SxSW tour with Headlights.

I’m pretty new to The Love Language. A friend blipped Lalita the day before this
video was shot during which time I’d probably listened to the track a few dozen
times. Great pop songs have that effect and this tune is one of the best I’ve heard
in years. When I saw the band were playing in my backyard the latent OCD kicked
in and I blagged the opportunity to shoot them run through one song at the end of
their soundcheck. Their singer, Stu McLamb (who incidentally recorded the entire
album himself in his folk’s living room and is as lovely as he sounds on record)
offered up Lalita as his song of choice for the session.

What you see here though is the band’s second run through of the song. The first
take miraculously came through the mixing desk as fuzzed out digital noise and by
the time we listened back to it the band had all but taken all their instruments
offstage. So props to The Love Language for having the humor to get back up there
and bang out an even better performance than their first run through.

The song is lifted from the band’s magnificent self-titled debut album on Bladen
County Records. Thanks to Geoff Sawyer and Matthew Brown at Bladen County
Records and The Bell Houses’ Jeff Stultz, William Crane and Abigail Deirdre Gullo
for their help in making this happen.

Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers with sound recorded by Jeff Stultz and mixed by Ben Allen.
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Bad Veins bring Gold and Warm to a Brooklyn rooftop

Bad Veins take advantage of a break in the clouds and bask in some early spring
rays as they belt out Gold and Warm. The duo decided to give their signature reel-
to-reel tape recorder a break and play an acoustic rendition of the track. Look out
for the band’s debut album which will be released by Dangerbird Records on July 21.

Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers with sound recorded by Chris West and mixed by Benjamin Davis.
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Bad Veins are framed by the Manhattan Skyline for Falling Tide

Bad Veins turn their backs on lower Manhattan to perform Falling Tide. The duo
decided to give their signature reel to reel a break and play an acoustic rendition
of the track. Look out for the band’s debut album which will be released by
Dangerbird Records on July 21.

Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers with sound recorded by Chris West and mixed by Benjamin Davis.
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Bad Veins perform The Lie on a rooftop in Park Slope

Bad Veins perform The Lie on a rooftop in Brooklyn at the end of their Spring
tour. The duo decided to give their signature reel to reel a break and play an
acoustic rendition of the track. Look out for the band’s debut album which will
be released by Dangerbird Records on July 21.

Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers with sound recorded by Chris West and mixed by Benjamin Davis.
[download as mp4]